OEBGGN CITY ENTERPBJSE
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vr. OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1907. . , ' ESTABLH
ESTABLISHED 1866.
THIRTY-THIRD YEAR NO,' 21,
NAMES OF
LONG AGO
Roll of Oregon City's First
Fire Company McLough
lin Engine No 1.
DEBATING LYCEUM '60
Minutes of Old Organliatlon That, Will
Awaken Memories of Aged Rei
Identi Found In ClerVt
Vault.
Whll lock. R. JaeobM, W. C. JollllSOII,
I, Hunt, 13, Dailies, J, Casey, K, llol
dm, ,1. A. puwnull, John Miller, John
Dement, ,1. W. I-ewls, U ,1. I-owls,
DROPS DEAD ON STEAMER.
Well Known Employe for Five Yean
of Oregon Railroad 4. Naviga
tion Company Reilded at
Dayton,
(u (l uiliiK nut lln vault to itiuko
riMiin fur tli" new til! iik cuhi-r ami rec
ord ImmiK shelves, County Clerk Green
limit titicnit h-rt some old minute btsik
or Journal thut are, mighty interest
IliK reudliiK to Oregon City p0il, es
pecially olil residents, On Ik Urn
Journnl of tli" meeting of Oregon
Hurry Keiiyoti, steward on tliu
m( hhu'V "Ruth" of the 0. It. A N.
company's fleet, dropped deud Titos
diiy morning at 0:20 as a result of
heart failure. Ills demise wcurrcn as
tint boat wan Rolnu through the locks
on ili.i west side of tho river. For
quite a while. Ki nyon hud been ruin
plaining of paint In his heart, no it
was decided that no lnquHt bo held
Kenyoii wan one. of tho best known
ami respected men on th river, hav
Iiik served th(. o. it. & N. Co. for
over five years. Coroner llolman was
notltied of Die death nd met the boat
lit the Caiieiunh dock, whew the body
was searched. HI pockets were found
to contain numerous trinket and
$175.25 In money. Ills effects failed
to shed any light n tho whereabouts
of hlit relative. Although he wii
great conversationalist, none run re
member IiIh ever mentioning hia fam
jllj connection. During hla time- spnt
City's first tire company, and nnothcr,,,,, , R N ,oa, . nB(j mu,jw
In the secretary's minute of the Ore
gon City Lyceum, a debuting society
that flourished mtnie 47 years ago,
Dayton hla headquarters, and It , la
tluniKlit possible thut hla effect In
thHt city may give, a clue by which hla
The Lyceum was organled Nov. 15, relative may be iiotllled, Hla 'body
waa brought to Holman's undertak
IliK purloi'H, where It will be held
pending Investigation - of hla affair
im'iii, In mutt house and hold meet
lugs , more or lean regularly until
March 12, IstiS. The lutler dale la
the Intent recorded In th lunik. From
reHiilutloua ndopted and admonition
by Hie president, It la plain that the
heat engendered by the great Civil
war Im-kiik to ahow In the debutes, and
MMHlbly that was the ciniHe of the
iIIhcuiii Inuumc of l lie meeting.
The flint olllcera were V. C, John
Will, preHldent; O. Denney, vieeprcs
, Idettl; 8. HoluieH, secretary, und
Noble MeKlnney, treasurer. The sub
jects for debate were moMly of ft lit
erary nature, though luter on In Hull
and IK'2. xilltlca bt'iian to creep In.
KolliiwIiiH U tin' lull of nienibera aa
recorded In the Iwiok, all but n few of
whom hav rnwaml tho nrvni divide:
Owen Kenny. A. J. Apperaon. Haul
1). H.dmeH, ft. M. Hiinnaker, J. W.
Meldrum, Noble MrKlnnuy. W. C.
Jolinmin, I). Mimuiiuw. C.ihi. Sheppard.
. V. llunnnUer. V. 11. 11. Konta, A,
L. Kelly, Jimephua TonipklnH, N. W.
Itamlall, Peter 1'aKuet, John (Jrirfln,
A L. nicherdmm, John Sellwiaitl II.
K. HlneH. V. A. Stttikweather, Chaa.
C. Murray. I), !. Stephenxon, Joacph
II. Ux-y, Abel Kndey, Knoa Glover,
G. II AlUliiHon, Or. Cole, JikIk Mat-liM-k,
K. K. tiray.
McLoughlln Engine Company,
The lliat remilnrly oisuulzed flr'
company In Oregon City waa the Mr
lAiimhlln KukIiii compuny No. 1. It
WHH IliddlliK ItiectluKa in lHT).'., the llrHt
recorded In the old Journnl belnu May
G of that year, and the minutea of
niectlnca continue down to Juno, 18i5.
Very few of ibla roll nf nameaiare
llvlni? today: , ,
V. CaMKldu. foi finan ; A. Warner. !
lat asst.; M I'atvi'KonSd. Bat.", J.M.
Itnciin, aocy.; Tho Churmnn. tieun.;
Win. Smith. ciiKltu'er; J. Matthownon,
.Jut ukhI.; J. Shiver, Wm. PattPiHon.j
Linn Rlcimrdaon nnd .Mm Uuxter, i
hoaeman .!. Klitley, Kred Charman,
J, !,. 1.OV0, A. H, Ste 1, Andrew Port,
. j Apperaon. VJ. Lnuny, C . McCue,
Kred tiovora, Wm. P. RuriiH, It.. Hob
irtH,' Homer Hollaud, Nv,Ilrown, C. M.
, Taylor, C. . M,.KeU''r, I. llolun.vWm.
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Kenyon waa a member of Hie Maon
lc lodK1 In Ihiylou.
SHOWERS
OF MONEY
April Downpour Swells Re
ceipts In Recorder's and
County Cletk's Offices
ALL RECORDS BROKEN
Fee on $13,000,000 Mortgage Adda to
Recorder's Total Increase of
Bualneaa Explanation Of
fered by Clerk. ,
CONTEST WINNERS
TO RECEIVE REWARD
April broke ull wcorda In receipt
in the county clerk'a office, with a to
la! of $m:1.33. Till haa nevrr been
equaled In th olflco of tho clerk of
Clackamaa county, and ahnws louder
than worda th growth of bualneaa at
tendunt on the growth of population.
OomparlBon gives a brtter idea of
the total for April. Th monthly av
eraKc la about lion, and for April
which Ik a month of hla; biiHlneaa, the
average la about $.100. One month
lunt year the rocelpta reached 700,
but that Ik the nearest they ever cam
to the IKn.nS of the month Just clos
ed. Th: record was broken in the re
corder's office also where the receipts
reached 509.25, several dollar the
lurgMt ever known In the office. This
total was awelied by the fees for the
HohwcII iitlTided th telephone meet-
in,,- Friday night. Mr. Itoswcll re pre-1
m uled the Kalacada Ttileplione com-
t'luiy. The central division reported
that they hud organized with V. II.
Mulder, president; Kd, Wonacott, sec
reiary, and Henry Grapp, treaHurer,
Thi se peoido have commenced cut
ting poles. Robert Miller and Her
limn I. Ins of George were present at
jihe meeting and agreed to go into the
. m.ra! division. '
j Gin field grange, No. 317, met 8at
I hi day at Its hall. It adopted without
n iJlKsentlng vote a resolution which
sm: "He it resolved by' Garfield
virmige No. 317 that we do not favor
lie bumpering of the (state university
by calling tho referendum upon the
appropriation -inado by the late legis
lature." The Rev. Hiram Vrooman
was present and delivered a forty-minute
talk on "Government Ownership."
Tin-re were many profitable topics
discussed during the lecturer's pro
gram. Kva D. Primer was initiated
In the first and second degrees.
The Odd Fellows' anniversary meet
ing was well attended at Eutacada Sat
urday night. Mears. F. M. Gill, A.
Demoy and W. A. Hylman addressed
the meeting. A splendid banquet wat
spread and much enjoyed by the Odd
Fellows, their wives, children and
friends.
James Palmateer and Earl Palma
teer of Lodl, Calif., are visiting rela
tives In the Palmateer settlement, this
week.
Walter Snlffln made a business trip
to Portland, Friday.
The Garfield Grange Dramatic club
will play their comedy, "The Cheer
ful Liar," at the Eagle Crenk grange
hall, May 11, by Invitation of the
Eagle Creek grange.
The referendum petitions on the
TWO MAILS
BY ELECTRIC
Notice of Improve Service for
Willamette P.O. Has
Been Received
EFFECTIVE ON MAY 13
Convenience for Patront ChangesNn
West Side Rural Routes Desir
ed Carriers Form County
Association.
log his rtjuto quicker and better, A
meeting will be held in the Tire IiouhO
on .1. Q Adams street on the night of
May 11. -
TEXT BOOK COMMITTEE.
P. L. Campbell of University of Or
egon, Wm. Colvig of Jacksonville, C.
A. .lohiw of Baker City, M. A. Miller
of I?banon and H. W. Scott of Port
land, the state committee on text
books, will meet at Salem in June to
revise the list or schooh books and
make such changes as Is deemed nec
essary. The committee revises the
list onco in six years.
MOLALLA CRANGER8 WILL SET
THEIRS, SATURDAY FARE
WELL PARTY.
On and after May 13 Willamette
postofflce wllf receive two malls a
day except Sunday and holidays when
one mall will reach Postmaster Gary,
all being sent over the Willamette
Falls traction line.
Notice of this new arangement has
been received by Postmaster Randall
of the Oregon City office, from which
the 'mails will be dispatched to Wil
lamette. The time of departure of
mails la not yet known but probably
will be morning and evening;
This will be a greet Improvement of
the present service, the Willamette
office now being supplied bf rural car
rier No. 5,' and the change will great
ly convenience the people of the vil
lage and immediate vicinity.
A re-arrangement of the rural routes
supplying the, country districts of the
NEW DISTRICT ELECTS.
C. Gelbrlch, John Nordhausen and
J. Gibson have been elected direc
tors and John P. Cole, clerk, of the
new school district No. 110, recently
created near Molalla, These are tho
first officers chosen by the new district.
8IGN CONTRACT WITH P. T. CO.
Pacific Telephone company has
made a two year renewal contract
with the Multnomah and Clackamas
Mutual Telephone company, that has
its exchange at Gresham and over 150
subscribers, ail on metallc circuit
SUSPICIOUS OF FOUL
PLAY ARE UNFOUNDED
armory bill and the compulsory pass
i I nupwiriiih hit: wuuvi j uiou io -
big mortgage, probably the longest bill, prepared by the Oregon btate i , d!d b ,
one ever filed In the Clackamaa coun- (grange, are being circulated In this . ..,, rnm sher.
ty recorder's office. It was given by part of the country'. , ! wood and another from Oswego now
covers a large part of the territory
wets of the river in this county. If
Molullu, April ."lO. SihtHil closed
Friday In districts Noa. 35 and 5.1.
Pry time now, seven clods to the
foot, when one iIih-s not monopolize
the space.
J. H. Vlck and sons huve their hop
yards well under way.
Murrled, on Thursday, Miss May
Herman and Mr. Arthur How man, at
Marqiiam, by Rev. Henry Spelss. It
was a short courtship so may the
union be a long and useful life. They
will reside at "Pleasant Farm."
Mrs. lla Rugby gave Miss Minnie
Trulllnger, the Teasel Creek teacher,
a farewell party Saturday night. Thir
ty-five were present. Carry Herman
acted as master of , ceremonies and per.
an InliTi'Ht lnir nriiiri-nm unit retnlernrl. I Orders of
the Portland Hallway. Light & Power
company In favor of the Trust com
pany of North America, and covers
all Its proiH-rty. The amount of the
mortgage Is 1 5,000,000, and is In a
printed book of 123 pages. The des
cription of the property covers 10
pages, and the filing fee Is 100. which
Is greater than any fee ever cltarged
for filing an instrument hero,.
If you don't think Recorder Ramsbyi
and his two assistants have been busy
during the last 30 days, read the rec
ord of the Instruments they recorded:
During the month of April, the coun
ty recorder recorded the following In
struments: Deeds, 2.11 ; mortgages, 71;
satisfaction of mortgages, 3; margin
al cancellations. 3fi; chattel mortgag
es, 13; miscellaneous, 10; town plats.
I : assignments, 7.
REPAIRING SUSPENSION BRIDGE.
routes from Oregon City supplied
them, the patrons would get their
Portland and eastern' mall as prompt
ly as now and would receive county
MISSING MANS WAS IN OREGON
CITY AFTER LEAVING
WOOD CAMP. ,'
The mystery surrounding the disap
pearance of E. D. Kinney, who left
Eagle Creek last February has been
cleared op. While Kinney s present
whereabouts are not known, he has
been eeen since the time when It was
feared he had been foully dealt with.
Dr. J. W. Norris, county physician,
saw In the paper about the disappear-
The county court met In rtgular ses
sion Wednesday mornlnt The mat-
r.f Ilia ln.r.rrvratl,in it rtanrecrft
was laid over until May 15. The peti- "m" " jance or Kinney ana me queBuoms
tlon for the Thomson road near Wkh-' phan l,n the tes wlU '" of Springer. Kinney's cabin-mate, and
Ita was withdrawn Htar,el petitions from the recollected about an old man who gave
not rr r a ii a l,.,-. 4n tt!a fi rta tYiu
Threw men have begun stripping the ""'""" jwii uiia. v
i . latter Dan or reoruarr. mai wan
top of the west pier of the suspension
bridge so the court fan ascertain the
repairs that are necessary. j
Rural Carriers Organize.
tallied in description with the missing
The Divorce Grist.
Jonathan Stoker granted a divorce
from Sadie Stoker, and Mollle L. Bul
ger given decree from Thomas H. Bui-
reference made In the i
Marriage Licenses.
Llllle Christina Belt and R. H. Lit
tiefleld.. The girl is under age and
the consent of her mother was given.
Louisa Margaret Guttrldge and Em
erson C. Mooney. This Is a "longR. f. X No. 5, Oregon City; treas
distance" license. Mr. Mooney lives urer, W. P. Ecberd, R. F. D. No. 1.
in Hood River and he sent his affidavit Molalla. This organization was Der
by mall accompanied by the neces- fected for the purpose of the better
sary $.1, and the license was sent to 1 ment of the rural service in the coun
hlm by mall. Miss Guttrldge lives in(ty and the members are requested to
Clackamas county, and the wedding give any Information that would be
Prof. Ogle assisted with the music.
A very pleuHaut evening was enjoyed
by all.
Horn to the wife fif George Dnugll
eity, lust week, a dunghler. Father'
und mother doing well and daughter
coming on under Hie usual difficulties.
Molalia Grange No. 310 will hold a
very profitable aud Interesting meet
ing Saturday. May 1. The victors of
the recent contest are to receive their
reward. All members arc requested
to be present.
J. W.' Thomas goes to Portland UiIb
wtjek to attend the Oregon State Den
tal association, which will ho in ses
sion May 2, 3 and 1. V '
cases of Umlse Emma Russell vs. R. '
N. Russell, and Jennaver Raster vs.
T. E. Rtwrer. , . ,
Farms to 8,llijtfcxl with us.
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BECAUSE
' we advilrtlso' extensively.
That glvesi MS m morket. !
BECAUSE
We have many Inquiries.
That gives us customers.
BECAUSE
We go after business.
,;' 'That helps us1 to soil youriarm."
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BECAUSE
"We are wd' awakp. .-V? ;.. .
That "brings quick 'returns for you. '
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Cooper & Co.
! w ill occur at her home.
The rural carriers of Clackamas Kinney, old, baldheaded,, . logging
boots and name. He came to Norris
as the county physician for treatment,
and appeared to have been drinking
heavily, a,nd was in an exceedingly
nervous state.
The old fellow claimed to have rel
atives or friends in Portland, but not
the car fare to go there and the doc
tor gave him two-bits. ,
This clears away all suspicion of
foul play, and ,if young Springer's
story te to be believed, Kinney sinned
more than he was sinned against. Kin
ney's personal effects are still at
Eagle Creek. .
county have organized under the title
of the Rural Letter Carriers' associa
tion of Clackamas county. Officers
were elected as follows: President,
.1. D. Wilkinson, Canby; vice-president,
W. F. Snith. R. F. D. No. 1, Or
egon City; secretary, H. A. Waldron,
(helpful to other carriers in mak-
. : .Rlngo Will Filed, j
The' will of tlio.lute' Robert JL. Rln
go of Clarkes was filed for probate,
Tuesday; It gives a life estate In all
the property, real, personal and mix
ed, y thewldow, Li.zle N. Rlngo, who
is uiso nnmeii as executrix, i pon ner
death the property goes In equal
shares tt the three children, Clyde E.,
Herbert C. and Ha.el O., or In event
o(.the death of any of them, then that
share' lo hlsf' or her Issue, or falling
tbat.tljen tie Khare to the surviving
children. If Mrs. Rlngo dies before
the children become of age, Wm. E.
Grace of Baker county Is named as
succeeding executor. The will was
drawn Oct. 27, 190V -
,: ,New Suit Filed. ' ; .
Theodore Hngenburger has brought
suit against -CV C. Garrett et nl., to
quiet title to 480 acres of the, J. D.
Garrett die. . ' ..' '
OPPOSES HAMPERING
. MATE UNIVERSITY
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GARFIELD GRANGE ADOPTS',RES-
y OtUTrON TCf THAT EFFECT
? ESTACADA NEWS. "
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Estncadai April 29. The homjeii of
Sarah Palmateer caught fire 7
o'clock Thursday morning. The, fire
caught from a spark In the moss on
the roof.(1A hole about three feet in
diameter waa burned In ,.tho root, be
fore the fire could be extinguished.
'Messrs. Gregory . aiid Iall.M-Vepre-sefitlng
tho 'Pacific States, and Mr.
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In England and France the Sale
of Alum Baking Powder is pro
hibited by law because of the in
jurious effects that follow its use.
. The law in the District of
Columbia also prohibits Alum
in food, v r.i .
-You may. live where as yet you have no protection against Alum
iThV pniyi suh protection against Alum in your Baking Powder is to
ROYAL is made from Absolutely pure Cream of Tartar.--a pure Grape
product. Aids digestion adds to the hcalthfulness ; of food. J j
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